Jan 22, 2025 · Since Kristina Selby came on board as director of the Meeker Public Library, community participation has doubled. MEEKER | Since taking the helm at Meeker Public Library, Director Kristina Selby has introduced more than a dozen new programs, including weekly storytime and crafts for kids every Wednesday at 10 a.m.[Read More…]

May 24, 1951 ~ Nov. 12, 2024 Longtime Meeker resident, Linn Pettijohn, 73, passed away from natural causes Nov. 12, 2024. Linn was born May 24, 1951, in St. Francis, Kansas, to Alvin and Ellen Pettijohn. He spent his childhood years on the family farm 25 miles northeast of Burlington, Colorado, near the Kansas border.

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Dec 31, 2024 · Hometown heroes Dear Editor, Thursday last I walked to the newspaper building to get a newspaper. On my way back to my apartment I fell over a piece of uneven sidewalk. It’s by the stop sign on the corner of Main and 3rd. Thank God for the wonderful people in Meeker! Three young adults stopped

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Jan 15, 2025 · April 6, 1943 ~ Dec. 1, 2024 Linda B. Tempel passed away peacefully at her home on Dec. 1, 2024. Linda was the daughter of Doretta and Don Bonnawitz, born in Fremont, Nebraska, on April 6, 1943.

Jan 8, 2025 · ARRESTS There were no arrests this week. CALL SUMMARIES 12/30/2024 @11:54 am. Deputies responded to a car fire at the 39 mile-marker on Highway 64. The vehicle was fully engulfed in flames when deputies arrived. There was nobody in or around the vehicle. Rangley Volunteer Fire Dept. responded to put the fire out. 12/30/2024

Oct 30, 2024 · RBC | All three Rio Blanco County Commissioners attended their regular meeting last week.During the public comment period, Rangely resident Wendy Gillard raised concerns about Commissioner Jennifer O’Hearon. Gillard highlighted that O’Hearon was escorted out of the Department of Human Services (DHS) in 2017 following a third-party investigation that revealed discrimination, harassment, and ...

Jan 9, 2025 · James “Jim” Bruce Claybaugh, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully on Jan. 8, 2025, in Rangely, Colorado, at the age of 78. Jim was born on Aug. 26, 1946, at the old St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado, to J. Bruce Claybaugh Jr. and Dorothy Ruth ...

Oct 16, 2024 · RBC | In the early morning chill of Colorado’s rugged wilderness, the rhythmic panting of hounds echoes through the trees as they close in on their elusive target, a mountain lion, in a Durango outfitter promotional video found online. For hunters, it’s a moment steeped in tradition and survival skills, but this scene may soon disappear from the Colorado landscape.